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Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
Shooting drill
Rescue Shooting
Miss your shot and you wait on the baseline — a teammate who scores rescues you. If everyone gets stuck, the game is lost.
- Time
- 8 min
- Players
- 4+
- Ages
- 7–11
- Level
- Beginner
Equipment: 2 balls per basket
How to run the drill
- 1One line at a spot close to the basket. Take a shot each.
- 2Score: back to the line. Miss: go and stand on the baseline.
- 3Every basket also rescues the player who has waited longest on the baseline.
- 4If everyone ends up on the baseline the game is lost — try to keep the line going for two minutes. Teams can race each other at two baskets.
Coaching points
- Same routine every shot
- Use the backboard from the side
- Cheer for the rescues
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